Two Wrightsville Beach police officers who allegedly assaulted the son of a town alderman in November 2011 were cleared of any wrongdoing by an internal investigation and the N.C. Department of Justice declined to bring criminal charges against the duo.Officers Jesse McCubbins and Jimmy Rich, as well as the Town of Wrightsville Beach, are the defendants in a federal lawsuit filed by Adam Mills, 27, the son of Alderman Darryl Mills.Adam Mills claims he suffered a broken nose and eye socket when the officers threw him to the ground while he was handcuffed on Nov. 8, 2011. Mills was in custody for driving while impaired.The alleged assault was captured on camera.According to a press release Friday from Town Manager Tim Owens, the department's 2011 investigation decided “the actions of the two officers were not in violation of police department policies.”A N.C. DOJ Special Prosecutions Division review subsequently determined “... that no criminal charges against the two officers were warranted.” New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David forwarded the case along to the Department of Justice because Mills' sister is an employee in his office.In a letter to David dated Feb. 17, 2012, G. Patrick Murphy, a special deputy attorney general, wrote that based on laws giving police authority to “use reasonable force upon another person when and to the extent that the law enforcement officer reasonably believes it is necessary in an arrests, it is my decision that criminal charges against Officer McCubbins are not warranted.”McCubbins has received two raises since the incident and been promoted from Police Officer I to Police Officer II, which came with a $1,704 raise. Rich has received a merit raise and a promotion from master police officer to corporal, which came with a $2,227 raise.Neither McCubbins nor Rich has ever been subject to disciplinary action by Wrightsville Beach, according to records released by the town.Rich, 40, has been a Wrightsville Beach policeman since Nov. 18, 2005. In that time, Rich has advanced from the starting position of Police Officer I to corporal, with his salary rising from $29,110 to $47,650.McCubbins, 26, was hired by Wrightsville Beach in January 2008 and worked there until August 2009, when he resigned to take a job with the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office.In December 2010, McCubbins was rehired by Wrightsville Beach and has been an officer there since.McCubbins was promoted in May 2012, shortly after he was temporarily moved from the town's patrol division to its support services division, a job he held from April to August 2012 before being transferred back to patrol.McCubbins' salary is $36,000.Adam Mills is seeking damages in excess of $20,000 as part of the lawsuit.